Originally from Nine Inch Nails, Johnny Cash made “Hurt” his own in a video released just months before his death. His version of the song is great, the video perhaps the most poignant I have ever seen. It makes me hope I don’t have the same regrets as my own life nears its end.
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Stevie Ray Vaughn was an incredible guitarist who played Los Angeles so often that I took him for granted. I saw him live twice. My friend Dan invited me to go a third time, but I was busy, and told him “I’ll catch him next time.” Only there was no next time. I was, ironically enough, driving past Tower Records in West Hollywood when I heard the news on August 27, 1990: Vaughn had died in the wee hours when the helicopter on which he was a passenger hit a mountain in heavy fog.
Vaughn was one of the few people who could take a Hendrix guitar classic and make it even more amazing. His cover of the 2:38 minute Hendrix song “Little Wing” runs almost 7 minutes – and never disappoints.
The one bright spot in the dismal and depressing movie “Less Than Zero” was this Bangles cover of the 1967 Simon & Garfunkle classic. Upbeat and yet moody, the cover honors the original while divergent enough to be a work of art in its own right.
Yes, the Wilson sisters are still hot!
The godmother of punk performs a version of Van Morrison’s classic (here with John lee Hooker) that is both poetic and raucus – the 1979 live version above isn’t far different from the version on her album.
The perennial Goth band sings a haunting version of the Beatles classic. (There’s an Alanis Morisette version that’s pretty good, too.)
If you’re not familiar with the Cowboy Junkies, I promise they’re not what you think they are. Their slow, melodic style us suited to remakes of long lost folk songs – and a lot of their original material sounds that way too. Here they cover the Velvet Underground classic.
Of all the covers of this Beatles classic, from U2 to Siouxie and the Banshees, this is my favorite – and it’s not just because I had a major crush on Pat Benatar when I was in high school!
The X version of The Doors song “Soul Kitchen” is astoundingly invigorating. In this video, they perform it live with Ray Manzarek.
A fresh look at the classic Jimi Hendrix song.
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